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Judicature means
1. Administration of justice.
2. The position, function, or authority of a judge.
3. The jurisdiction of a law court or judge.
4. A court or system of courts of law.

The Assam High Court initially had its sittings at Shillong but shifted to Gauhati from 14th August, 1948. Later on, the Assam High Court came to be known as the High Court of Assam and Nagaland on the constitution of State of Nagaland with effect from 1st December, 1963. On re-organization of the North-Eastern region by the North Eastern Area (Re-organization) Act, 1971, a common High Court was established for the five North-Eastern States Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura) and the two Union Territories (Union Territory of Mizoram and the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh) and called as the Gauhati High Court.

With the enactment of the State of Mizoram Act, 1986 (Act 34 of 1986) and the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986 (Act 69 of 1986) , the States of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh attained statehood on 20. 2. 1987. By the State of Mizoram Act, 1986, from the appointed day, common High Court for the States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram called the High Court of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram came into being. Under the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986, from the appointed day, ie, 20. 2. 1987, a common High Court for the State of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh came into being.

Gauhati high court estb. in 1st march 1948 , under the govt. of india act,1935.
Its jurisdiction is avail to North-eastern states :
Arunachal pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram.
Benches to this High court is Kohima , Aizwal & Imphal.
Also circuit benches at Agartala and Shilong.
Currently 29 judges present to this HC.

At present, there is only one high court in the Guwahati for all the states of north-east part of India.

How many judicature in india ?

Now there are 24 high courts in India tripura meghalay and manipur has its own high courts.

It should be changed, as of now we are having a high court for tripura.

Guwahati high court is for assam, arunachal pradesh, nagaland and mizoram. Tripura, manipur and meghalaya have separate high courts which are established in march-2013. With those total high courts in India are 24.

List of High Courts in India:

1. Allahabad
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Bombay
4. Calcutta
5. Chattisgarh
6. Delhi
7. Gujarat
8. Guahati
9. Himachal Pradesh
10. Jabalpur
11. Jammu & Kashmir
12. Jharkhand
13. Jodhpur
14. Karnataka
15. Kerala
16. Madras
17. Manipur
18. Meghalaya
19. Orissa
20. Punjab & Haryana
21. Patna
22. Sikkim
23. Uttarakhand

How many high court in this time in india?

The Centre has constituted three new High Courts in the northeast "Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura" taking the total number of High Courts in the country from 21 to 24.